Freshman Alyssa Weber broke Erin Well's 2008 Cross Country School Record with a 19:28 run at Regionals. Her 14th place finish earned her a spot in the State Championships. Tim Wenger finished in a blazing 15:56 to finish 9th at Regionals. Tim will be the third Hurricane Harrier to make it to the Cross Country State Championships all four years he competed.
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Former Hurricane Cross Country runner Brian Lattin be the new Girls Cross Country Coach at Citrus High School for the 2011 season. James Martone will continue to be the Boy's coach for the 2nd season.
Ray Greene and James Martone will be the 2011 Head Track Coaches for CHS. Any coaches needing meet information please contact them.
Tim Wenger has now advanced to the State Cross Country meet all three of high school. Despite battling sickness and injuries, he represented Citrus with pride. Good luck next year as he hopes to make it all four years.
The 2010 Cross Country season kicks off on Thursday September 16th with a small meet at Ocala Forest. Two days later we will compete at the Mitchell Invitational which is the small location as Regionals on November 13th. Our home meet will be Saturday, October 9th at Whispering Pines.
About Our Team
Cross Country (recent) History
In the late 1990s and early part of this century, the Citrus Boys Cross Country was consistantly in the top 10 of the state. Although they never won a team state title under then coach Bruce Nelson, Cory Presnick did win an individual state title in 1999. Coach Nelson retired after the 2004 season and local running expert Chris Moling coached the team to advance to Regionals in 2007. In 2008 Coach Nelson came out of retirement to take the reins of the boys team again. The 2008 team advanced to the Regional meet for a 2nd straight year. Although the team just missed advancing to states, Freshman Tim Wenger was an individual medalist at Regionals. 2009 saw Citrus move up to 3A, but the team advanced to Regionals for the 3rd straight year and Wenger as an individual to States for a second straight year. In 2010 James Martone took over as the coach of the Canes and Tim Wenger advanced to the State Meet for his third straight year. The Lady Canes were not as dominant of a program in the '90s, but did periodically make it to states. The beginning of this century saw several coaches and a small team. Billy Bass took over as coach in 2006 and in that year the Lady Canes returned to Regionals after a five year absence. They followed it up in 2007 and 2008. In 2008 they were a very close 7th place to just miss advancing to states, even through both Erin Wells and Brandi Nichols advanced as individuals with Erin setting the new school record with a 19:58 run. 2009 the Lady Hurricanes suffered a lot of injuries in their first year at 3A, but again advanced to Regionals for the 4th straight year. Brandi Nichols finished an incredible 4-year XC career by advancing to the State Meet as an individual. Brandi is now running for Nova Southeastern. In 2010 they just missed advancing out of an extremely deep district despite a team of a dozen girls that ran under 26:00s. In 2011 former CHS harrier Brian Lattin took over as the head coach. XC Boys - State Meets: 17th-2004, 8th-2002, 7th-2001, 4th-2000, 4th-1999, 11th-1998, 4th-1997, 10th-1996, 13th-1995. XC Girls - State Meets: 17th-2000, 16th-1998, 12th-1997, 15th-1995, 8th-1992, 15th-1991. Girls Cross Country Post Season Year Class District Place/#teams Regional Place State Qualifer(s) 2011 3A 8th /13 ----- A. Weber 2010 3A 8th /16 ----- 2009 3A 6th /16 10th B. Nichols 2008 2A 4th /18 7th B. Nichols, E. Wells 2007 2A 3rd /18 9th 2006 2A 6th /17 14th Boys Cross Country Post Season Year Class District Place/#teams Regional Place State Qualifier(s) 2011 3A 3rd /13 16th T. Wenger 2010 3A 9th /16 ----- T. Wenger 2009 3A 8th /16 12th T. Wenger 2008 2A 6th /18 8th T. Wenger 2007 2A 5th /18 10th 2006 2A 9th /17 ----- GuestbookPost a commentYou must be logged in to post. Login or Register.
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